How much does painting a 1100 sq ft house cost?

[Babu Ramadoss]

Hi

    As part of rehab, I am trying to paint a house? Its a 1100 sq ft house with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 bath. The property is in Philadelphia area. I am trying to just use one color (light grey) for walls and white for ceilings throughout. It will be a rental property post rehab. Any thoughts on how much would it cost to paint? Also any pointers on how much per sq ft should i expect for LVT flooring? Appreciate the help in advance.

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You people need to call me for painting and I can get rich.

I've been painting my entire life since my father was a house painter and I worked with him when I was old enough to walk, in Massachusetts. When I went into the Air Force and was stationed in Idaho I started a painting company and had 8 painters working for me while I was a plumber in the Air Force. In 2019 and 2020 I painted 26 homes I sold in Las Vegas and about 4 homes in Las Vegas my son sold and painted 1 house in Meridian Idaho. So, I have a lot of experience.

I was amazed when I called painters in Idaho and they wanted $6500 to $7500 to paint just the walls in 1200 to 1500 sq ft homes. So, I drove from Los Angeles to Idaho and painted a 1600 sq ft 4 bedroom 1-story house two coats of paint including the ceilings with 1 helper in two days. Add $800 for paint, floor covering and essentials plus my laborer for 2 days and my total cost was about $1400.

I painted the 30 1200 to 2700 sq ft homes in Las Vegas with two helpers including ceilings and it never took more than two days to paint a house and that included removing all the electric wall plates, dropping ceiling light fixtures, removing smoke detectors, cleaning windows, installing new blinds, cleaning bathroom fixtures and it never took the 3 of us more than 2 days because I am good at knowing how to get the most from my workers like a Lakers coach knows which players to put on the court because the cost to do a paint job is not as critical as the time it takes because when I go to Las Vegas to manage a job I have to leave Los Angeles and my 20+ employees without my micro-management and "When The Cat Is Away The Mouse Will Play" if you know what I mean.

I am a very difficult person to work for because I am 71-years old, a workaholic, a fast worker and when young workers are slow I fire them within minutes when they are working because I don't like to have to waste my time and stop the work I am doing to constantly check on my workers and I don't like to get emotional and have to keep correcting workers when they work sloppy and slow. I've fired many painters within a few minutes after they start working because many of them look like a drunk on the high end of a ladder and I prefer to avoid having to pay a painter for a day and then have to re-paint everything I paid him for.

I know many people think it is better to look for a painter who can do A to Z, but I've also fired many so-called painting companies that were worse than the worse of my employees. I hired a professional paint company and gave them 50 gallons of paint to paint the exterior of a 6-unit and 14-unit apartment buildings side-by-side. At the end of the day, the boss came to me and told me he needed more paint and I blew up and fired him because they used a paint sprayer and painted only one wall that was 30 feet wide and 36 feet high. I knew right away these clowns did something very bad and when I went to look at their work it looked like they sprayed the paint on the wall with a garden hose with no nozzle on it and the paint looked like stalagmites and icicles pouring down the wall. So, don't think you will get a better job because you hire someone who was recommended.

The most-critical thing even most painters don't know about painting is how much water or thinner needs to be put into the paint to make the paint the perfect viscosity. Most painters think that thicker is better and keeping the paint too thick is the worse thing most painters do. Think about how thin paint is on vehicles. It is so thin it is hard to measure. Thinner is always better than too thick and the paint job always looks better when you have to put two coats of paint and you use two thinner coats than two coats that are too thick because you will get a more-even-looking finish and you can paint about 3 to 4 times faster when paint is not too thick. So, I can paint a room 2 coats in about half the time it will take most painters to paint one coat with paint that is too thick. That is why my 3-man crew (including myself) can paint a 2700 square foot house two coats of paint including the ceilings in two days with two workers. I personally paint the ceilings and have my two workers paint the walls and when I'm finished with the ceilings I help with the walls. Then one of the workers focuses on cleaning, installing the blinds and repairs and replaces plumbing fixtures, electrical problems and everything else that needs to be done.